IELTS Essay, topic: Rich countries should help the poor
Today’s world has been divided into developing and industrialised
countries which the main difference between them is the amount of money
that governments apply in important sectors such as education, health
and commerce. Most of the poorer nations are buried in debts as a result
of their unbalanced finances which are reflect in a failed health care,
an unstructured education system and a weak international trade. This
vicious cycle will continue indefinitely unless wealthier nations show
interest in minimizing the worldwide economic differences, as well as
taking more responsibility for assisting less fortunate countries.
Most of the African countries live in sub-human conditions because of
the extreme poverty, upheaval, hunger, disease, unemployment, lack of
education and both inexperienced and corrupt administrations. The
devastating consequences of the AIDS epidemic in those countries could
improve if the infected population were to receive free drugs to control
the disease, have access to health professionals and get information on
how to prevent its spread. But this can only be achieved through
international help programs in which leaders of the world’s richest
countries donate medicine and also send doctors and nurses to treat and
educate those in need.
Moreover, most of the poor countries rely on selling agricultural
products and raw materials to rich nations and buying industrialized
products from them resulting in a huge financial deficit. Consequently,
they borrow a significant amount of money from the World Bank to try to
improve their broken economies, but sometimes the money disappears with
no significant changes and they cannot even pay the interest to the
bank. Regarding this issue, last year the G8, which is comprised of
leaders of the eight richest nations, decided to forgive billions of
dollars worth of debt owed by the world’s poorest nations. In addition,
they developed adequate loan programs to financially assist those
countries.
In conclusion, leaders of the industrialised countries play an
indispensable role in assisting developing nations in dealing with
essential areas such as health, education and trade. Also, their aid is
the key to breaking the vicious cycle, which results in poverty and
death.
